Rail joint



Jan. 26 1926. 1,570,956

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Patented Jan. 26,

warren stats-s samranoonn or. CLE ELAND, OHIO...

RAIL JOINT.

Application filed Marcher), 1925. Serial No. 17,134;

To allwhom 56 may concern Be it; known that i, Star-Fnnoonn, citizen of the United $tates,res1dmg at Cleveland,

in the county of'Cnyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmproven'ients in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail 'oints and an important object of the invention is to provide a rail joint in which the rails are permitted to expand and contract at various seasons of the year without the possibility of pulling the spikes or other fastening devices loose.

A further object is to provide a rail joint in the nature of a seat consisting of a major outer section and a more or less supplemental inner section, the inner section being provided with upwardly extending side membersarranged on opposite sides of the web of the rail and engaging the underside of the head of the rail so as to effectively brace the head of the rail and prevent the rail from sagging atthe joint thereof.

further object is to provide a rail joint which is simple to apply, durable in use, and cheap to manufacture.

Other advantages and. objectswill be apparent during the course of the following dercription.

In th ceompanying drawing forming a part of this application, and in which like numera s are employed to designate like parts thrcrghout the same,

Fi t. 1 is a perspective of the improved rail joint.

Fi'z'. 2 is a vert cal transverse sectional view throrgh the same.

F g. 3 is a. pers vective of a seat embodied in the invention.

In the draw ng, the numerals 5 designate ties arranged in spaced parallel relation in the usual manner and supporting the rail 6.

Fig. 1 illustrates that a seat 7 overlaps the joint of the rail and the base of the seat is exten ed lie ond the base flanges 8 and is provided with overhanging flanges 9. The major seat '7 is preferably long enough to extend over three of the ties as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the ends of the seat are provided with notches 10 for the reception of the heads 11 of retaining spikes 12. The spikes 12 do not extend through the seat 7 and serve only as a means for holding the seat against endiwise movement.

Fig. 1 1211 0 illustrates that a supplemental seat 16-is received in theseat 7, and is provided wi-tli suitable'si'de walls l8 which' lie and'have their upper edges engaging with the underside of the head of the rail whereby to effectively-brace the rail.

Particular attentionis di'rectedto the-fact that :the inner edges of theflanges 9 flatly:

engage the lowerportionsof the side walls 18 of the supp-lementalseat so that-these walls 18 are held firmly in place against the web of the rail.

With reference to the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that no spikes extend through the major or supplemental seats, and that the rails themselves are entirely free of fish plates, collar bolts, spikes or the like at the joints thereof. This permits the rails to freely partake of expansion or contraction at the various seasons of the year, all without the possibility of pulling one or more spikes loose.

Figures 1 and 2 illustrate that the major seat 7 consists of a pair of separate spaced sections, the inner portions of which are grooved to form channels for the reception of the base flanges 8 of the rail. In this case the channels in the separate sections of the major seat 7 also receive the base portion of the supplemental seat 16.

Figures 1 and 2 also illustrate that th spaced sections of the major seat 7 are held in place by means of one or more transversely extending clamps 32, the end portions of which are provided with inwardly extend. ing lugs for extending over and securely engaging the edge portions of the sections of the seat. One of these clamps may be located at each side of a rail tie.

With reference to the foregoing description it will be seen that the supplemental seat 16 is first slipped onto one of the sections of the rail and after the sections are brought together as shown in Fig. 1, the supplemental seat may be slipped into overlapping relation with the meeting portions of the rail sections. With the supplement seat thus positioned on the rail the sections of the major seat are now placed in position and the spikes 12 are driven into place to hold the major seat against endwise move ment. The clamps 32 will firmly hold the sections of the major seat in place on the rail.

Claim:

A rail joint comprising a major seat having a base and inwardly extending flanges overhanging the base flanges of a rail, the end portions of the seat being provided with notches, fastening devices arranged beyond the ends of the major seat and having heads received in said notches to hold the seat against endwise movement, said fastening devices constituting the sole means to hold the seat and the adjacent portions of the rails in place, and a one-piece metal supplemental seat having a base lying flat in contact with said first named base and having flanges positioned between the base flanges of the rail and the inwardly extending flanges of said major seat, the inwardly extending flanges of said supplemental seat being provided with upwardly extending side walls lying flat in contact with the web of the rail and engaging the head of the rail adjacent the joint thereof to brace the same the inner edges of the flanges of said major seat being flatly engaged with the lower portions of said side walls of the supplemental seat for the full length thereof whereby to firmly hold said side walls in place, said major seat consisting of two separate sections arranged in spaced relation, and a clamp extending beneath said separate sections and having upwardly and inwardly directed lugs engaging the outer edges of said sections whereby to firmly clamp said separate sections in binding engagement with the adjacent portions of the supplemental seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAM FALCONE. 

